Bicycle-bell.



No. 632,427. Patented Sept. 5, I899.

H. u. PLUMMEB.

BICYCLE BELL. (Application filed Oct. 21, 189 7.)

(No Model.)

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'UNirnn STATES PATENT @FFICE.

HORACE Q. PLUMMER, OF MAPLEWVOOD, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESN E ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING COM- PANY AND HENRY T. IIEARSEY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BICYCLE-BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,427, dated September 5, 1899.

Application filed October 21, 1897. Serial No. 655,899. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: In construction I make a frame A of suit- Be it known that I, HORACE Q. PLUMMER, able size and material, usually of circular a citizen of the United States, residing at form, having a flange 60 turned down to in- Maplewood, in the county of Hendricks and close the mechanism, and extendingover the State of Indiana, have invented certain new edges of the bell it prevents the latter from and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Bells; becoming filled with dirt from the road or and I do declare the following to be a full, foot. The armK is preferably madeintegral clear, and exactdescription of the invention, with the frame and has a boss T, having a such as will enable others skilled in the art screw-threaded hole, into which is fitted the 10 to which it appertains to make and use the threaded stud b of the bell, by which it is same, reference being had to the accompanysupported on the frame. The frame has a ing drawings, and to the letters of reference bearing against the under side of frame of the marked thereon, which form a part of this pedal and is preferably secured by means of specification. one or more straps, as R, passing over the 1 5 My invention relates to that class of bells barrel Q of the pedal and into the ends of or gongs that are operated by means of movwhich areinserted threaded screws 15, by which ing parts of the bicycle; and it consists of a rigidity is secured. bell or gong, a supporting-frame adapted to At the under side of the frame the clapperbe attached to a bicycle-pedal, a controllingarm Lis pivoted at Z and the arm is connected 2o lever, and in the parts and combination thereby a suitable spring M, secured at n to the of forming the operating mechanism, as will frame. At a suitable point adjacent I pivot be more fully described hereinafter and para trip-lever G centrally, as at 'm, the inner ticularly pointed out in the claims. end of which lever is connected to the clap- My object is to provide an alarm-bell for per-arm, while the opposite outer end pro- 25 bicycles which shall automatically cause a trudes beyond the frame somewhat. At the continuous alarm, when desired, as long as rear or side toward the point at which the the bicycle is in motion and which may be controlling-lever is situated is a notch O and manipulated to cease without requiring the an adjacent incline P, sloping away from the use of the hand, which may be otherwise entop of the notch.

30 gaged in emergencies. This is attained in The controlling-lever H is pivoted to the my invention, which is, furthermore, cheaply frame at a suitable point, as at h, and has its constructed, durable, and economical in use. inner end N rounded and adapted to engage Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 reprethe notch O. The auxiliary lever I is shorter sents a rear elevation of a right-side bicyclethan lever H and has its inner end pivoted 35 pedal and portion of crank, showing my bell also to the frame, as at c. A connecting-bar 8 5 attached to the pedal; Fig. 2, a plan view of J has one end pivoted to the lever H, as at the uncovered frame, showing the trip mechcl, and the opposite end is pivoted to the lever anism set out of gear, so the bell will not I, as at e, by which both levers are caused to be sounded. Fig. 3 is a like view showing move in unison. The outer end of each lever 40 the mechanism in gear, Fig. 4, a central is turned upward, so as to extend above the sectional View of frame and bell, showing mantop of the pedal, and they are also slightly ner of attaching to the pedal; Figs. 5 and 6, bent outward ,to adapt the upper ends to trip-arms; Fig. 7, a side view of controllingstraddle the foot of the rider. lever, and Fig. 8 a plan of securing-straps. The trip-arm F has a hub having a bore f,

45 In the drawings, A designates the belladapted to fit over the end a of the axle D, frame; B, the bell; C, the pedal-frame; D, which when attached to the crank binds and the pedal-axle; E, the crank; F, the trip-arm; secures the hub against the face of the boss G, the trip-lever; H, the controlling-lever; at the end of the crank. Suitable dowels may I, the auxiliary lever; L, the clapper-arm, be used, if desired. The hub may have one 5:: and M the clapper-spring. or more arms, as four, F. The end of each zoo arm preferably has a raised semicircular face 0 to engage the end of the trip-lever G.

In practical use, the frame being secured to the pedal, the levers-H I are set straight, in which position the point N engages the notch 0, forcing the trip-lever G against the pressure of the spring M at such an angle as Will prevent contact between the trip-arm F and the trip-lever G, and this is the normal position. When it is desired to give an alarm, by means of the foot the lever 11 is pressed toward the crank, forcing the point Nout of the notch O and allowing the trip-lever to swing out to a right angle, so as to form a contact With the arm F as it is carried past. Thus each arm used causes a stroke of the clapper each time it passes the trip-lever. It is obvious that the same results may be reached by slight modifications, such as reversing the relative positions of the controlling-levers by pivoting the trip-lever and the clapper-arm at the same point and various other unimportant changes, and I therefore do not confine myself to the particular form of details shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bicycle-bell comprising in combination a frame secured to the lower side of a bicycle-pedal, a bell or gong secured to the frame, a clapper mounted in the frame at the under side thereof, a spring to press said clapper toward the inner edge of the bell, a triplever pivoted approximately near its center and having one end engaging the arm of said clapper and an opposite end extending outward from said frame, a notch in one side of said trip-lever, a controlling-lever pivoted on said frame and having one end adapted to engage said notch and an opposite end adapted to be pressed by a riders foot, and a trip arm secured to the crank of the bicycle and adapted to form a tripping contact with said trip-lever, scribed.

2. In a bicycle-bell, the combination of the supporting-frame secured to the pedal-frame, the bell or gong supported by the said supporting-frame, the clapper having the end of its arm pivoted to said supporting-frame and spring-pressed, the trip-lever pivoted to said supporting-frame and having its inner end in engagement with said arm, the notch in'the side of said trip-lever, the controlling-lever pivoted to said supporting-frame and adapted to engage said notch to place said trip-lever in or out of operative position, and the triparm secured to the crank or pedal-axle and adapted to engage said trip-lever when in operative position; substantially as shown and described. I

3. In a bicycle-bell, the combination With the bell-clapper arm suitably mounted, of the trip-lever pivoted adjacent to and connected at one end with said clapper-arm and provided with the notchin the side thereof, the controlling-lever suitably mounted and adapted to engage said notch, and the trip-arm secured to the crank or pedal-axle to operate said trip-lever, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HORACE Q. PLUMMER.

substantially as shown and delVitnesses:

WM. H. PAYNE, E. T. SILVIUS. 

